stackyFACTS
Transport

Despite the universally famous name, what color is an airplane's indestructible "black box" actually painted?

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Despite the universally famous name, what color is an airplane's indestructible "black box" actually painted?

From the Stacky collection1 min read
Despite the universally famous name, what color is an airplane's indestructible "black box" actually painted?
STACKY / Transport
Topics in this factaviationhistory
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Transport →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.
Transport

Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.

Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that…

Discover more
Transport

Once, passengers could smoke onboard, and pilots navigated with stars like sailors.

Airplanes today feel polished and routine, but the history of flying reads more like a carnival in the skies. There were cabins hazy with cigarette smoke,…

Discover more
French inventors launched the world's very first hot air balloon passengers in 1783, consisting of a highly confused sheep, a duck, and a rooster.
Transport

French inventors launched the world's very first hot air balloon passengers in 1783, consisting of a highly confused sheep, a duck, and a rooster.

French inventors launched the world's very first hot air balloon passengers in 1783, consisting of a highly confused sheep, a duck, and a rooster. The…

Discover more
The Planes Built to Keep Flying After a Nuclear Blast
Transport

The Planes Built to Keep Flying After a Nuclear Blast

These flying bunkers are fully staffed 24/7, just waiting for the literal end of the world. They are built to withstand nuclear blasts and stay airborne for…

Discover more
Louis XVI wanted prisoners to test the first balloon
Transport

Louis XVI wanted prisoners to test the first balloon

The French monarchy was completely terrified that high altitudes would instantly kill humans. King Louis XVI originally demanded that condemned prisoners be…

Discover more
Most people aboard the Hindenburg survived
Transport

Most people aboard the Hindenburg survived

Pop culture remembers it as an absolute apocalypse, but most people managed to just casually stroll out of the fiery blimp. Despite the iconic 'Oh, the…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store